Koreans in the hood : conflict with African Americans / edited by Kwang Chung Kim.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
ISBN: 0801861039 (alk. paper)
0801861047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description: vi, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject: Korean Americans Social conditions Case studies.
Korean Americans Race identity Case studies.
African Americans Relations with Korean Americans Case studies.
Social conflict United States Case studies.
United States Race relations Case studies.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations.
New York (N.Y.) Race relations.
Chicago (Ill.) Race relations.
Contents: pt. 1. Los Angeles. The multiracial nature of Los Angeles unrest in 1992 / Kwang Chung Kim and Shin Kim ; New urban crisis: Korean-African American relations / Edward T. Chang ; Use and abuse of race and culture: Black-Korean tension in America / Kyeyoung Park ; The 1992 Los Angeles riots and the "Black-Korean conflict" / John Lie and Nancy Abelmann -- pt. 2. New York City. The dynamics of Black-Korean conflict: a Korean american perspective / Heon Cheol Lee ; Conflict between Korean merchants and Black customers: a structural analysis / Heon Cheol Lee ; The middleman minority characteristics of Korean immigrants in the United States / Pyong Gap Min and Andrew Kolodny -- pt. 3. Chicago. Contemplating Black-Korean conflict in Chicago / InChul Choi ; Portrait of a community program: the African American and Korean American community mediation project / InChul Choi and Shin Kim ; Identity politics: Chicago Korean-Americans and the Los Angeles "riots" / Jung Sun Park ; Conclusion / Kwang Chung Kim.
